Brighton’s ‘Mr Bus’ shows the way

Talk about bus partnerships and it doesn’t take long before someone mentions ‘Brighton’. The South Coast city benefits from a very strong working relationship between its local authority and its main bus company, Go Ahead-owned Brighton & Hove.

Roger French has been managing director of Brighton & Hove since 1995. During that time he says that he has made himself Brighton’s “Mr Bus”. He maintains a close relationship with the council, but he also...